Lori Russell-Siemer graduated from St. Edward’s University with a BA in Social Work in 1999. She went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Social Work in 2000. She is a mother of three children, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Reiki Master, and an initiate of the Nine Rites of the Munay Ki (Peruvian shamanic Rites). She spent 5 years working with abused